TA 2941

In this year take place most events of The Hobbit.

Events

• Bilbo is visited by Gandalf and thirteen Dwarves at Bag End, and goes with them on a quest to recover the treasure from the dragon Smaug in the Lonely Mountain.
• Trolls; Tom, Bert, and William encountered by Thorin and Company, and turned to stone by Gandalf.
• Bilbo finds the One Ring in the dark of Gollum's cave.
• Beorn grants shelter to Thorin and Company.
• Lake-town is visited by Thorin and Company, once they have traveled down a river in barrels.
• Lake-town is attacked by Smaug, who is subsequently killed by Bard the Bowman.
• The Battle of Five Armies takes place. Thorin II Oakenshield, Fíli and Kíli are killed.
• Dáin II Ironfoot becomes King under the Mountain and King of Durin's Folk.
• Attack on Dol Guldur. The White Council drives Sauron, who had been disguised as the Necromancer, out of his stronghold, Dol Guldur.

Third Age of the Sun

also known as Shire Reckoning 1341

TA 2936 - TA 2937 - TA 2938 - TA 2939 - TA 2940 - TA 2941 - TA 2942- TA 2943 - TA 2944 - TA 2945 - TA 2946

Valian Years - Years of the Trees - First Age - Second Age - Third Age - Fourth Age